# RJ Beers - Resume Website

## Overview
This is the personal resume website for RJ Beers, currently Senior Engineering Manager at Webflow. The site serves as a comprehensive overview of his professional experience, education, and technical skills.

## About RJ Beers
- **Name**: RJ Beers
- **Current Position**: Senior Engineering Manager at Webflow
- **Location**: Easton, PA, USA
- **Website**: https://www.rjbeers.com
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjbeers/
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/rjbeers
- **Email**: r33beers@gmail.com

## Professional Summary
RJ is an experienced leader of distributed teams with a history of working with platform development teams through architectural evolutions and continuous product delivery in fast-paced environments. He enjoys talking with customers, learning how to solve their problems, and delivering great solutions.

At Webflow, his role as Senior Engineering Manager involves leading engineering efforts for Webflow Cloud, a rapidly growing product within Webflow's mature platform. He works with talented teams to enhance the web ecosystem for website and application development, empowering creators and businesses worldwide.

## Career Progression
- **2025-Present**: Senior Engineering Manager at Webflow
- **2024-2025**: VP of Engineering at Pomerium
- **2024**: Senior Director, Technical Services at Netlify (Apr-Sep)
- **2022-2024**: Director of Engineering, Platform at Netlify
- **2021**: Senior Software Engineering Manager, CDN and Runtime at Netlify
- **2021**: Software Engineering Manager, CDN at Netlify
- **2019-2021**: Senior Software Engineering Manager, Application Platform at Oracle
- **2016-2019**: Software Engineering Manager, Web Platform at Oracle
- **2016**: Implementation Engineering Manager, Web at Opower (acquired by Oracle)
- **2015**: Implementation Engineer 3 at Opower
- **2014-2015**: Implementation Engineer 2 at Opower
- **2013-2014**: Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
- **2012-2013**: Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton

## Education
- **Johns Hopkins University**: M.S. in Information Systems Engineering (incomplete), GPA 4.00
  - Relevant Courses: Big Data Processing Using Hadoop, Agile development with Ruby on Rails
- **EC-Council**: Certified Ethical Hacker (November 2012)
- **The Pennsylvania State University – University Park**: B.S. in Computer Science from the College of Engineering

## Technical Skills
### Programming Languages & Tools
JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java, Docker, Git, Bash, Webpack, Deno, npm, Jamstack, Markdown, Prometheus

### Work Style
- Capable and comfortable playing many roles including Engineering Leader, Product Owner, Solutions Architect, and Vendor or Sales negotiator
- Experience leading and growing distributed teams (AMER/EMEA)
- Comfortable communicating async through Slack messages, JIRA tickets, GitHub comments, Notion documents, etc.

## Website Technology Stack
This resume website is built using:
- **Framework**: Astro
- **Styling**: Tailwind CSS
- **Fonts**: Open Sans, Saira Extra Condensed
- **Icons**: Devicon
- **Hosting**: Netlify

## Key Achievements
- At Netlify: Reduced churn by 35% quarter over quarter, improved profit margins, responsible for platform used by 5 million developers
- At Oracle: Reduced implementation and setup costs by 50%, led cloud native architecture initiatives
- At Opower: Led international client implementations, SAML SSO expert, delivered NodeJS/AngularJS web platforms

## Site Structure
The website contains four main sections:
1. **About**: Personal introduction and current role details
2. **Experience**: Detailed work history with highlights and achievements
3. **Education**: Academic background and certifications
4. **Skills**: Technical skills and work style preferences

This site serves as a comprehensive professional portfolio showcasing RJ's extensive experience in engineering leadership, platform development, and team management across various technology companies.